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Los Angeles, Long Beach ports disrupted by labor dispute

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 13:43:12 GMT

Contract discussions closed down the largest terminal at the Port of Long Beach on Monday.The dispute between the Pacific Maritime Association, which represents the port operators and shipping companies, and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, which represents the workers, resulted in disruptions beginning on Friday for several West Coast ports, including Los Angeles and Long Beach.Other locations include Oakland, Seattle and Tacoma, Washington, the Los Angeles Times reports. Three days later, Long Beach's Total Terminals International shut down operations, the Times added.The Port of Los Angeles, meanwhile, is fully open, according to its Twitter account.At issue are "wages, as well as safety, automation and pension benefits" in a new contract, CNBC reports.The old contract expired July 1, 2022, and discussions have been going on for more than a year, according to the ILWU."Any reports that negotiations have broken down are false,” ILWU President Willie Adams said in a...

Pausing organic waste recycling would be a mistake, CalRecycle says

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 13:43:12 GMT

Pressing pause on California’s aggressive organic waste recycling mandate would be premature and costly to the environment, according to the state agency that oversees the program.On Monday, CalRecycle responded to a draft report from the Little Hoover Commission that recommends state lawmakers go back to the drawing board on Senate Bill 1383, arguing that it is riddled with problems, unfair to rural communities and ultimately falling short of its goals.“Hitting pause on organics recycling and food rescue programs will jeopardize the millions of dollars of investment in California and threaten years of climate progress,” CalRecycle said in a statement to KTLA.SB 1383, which was signed into law in 2016, set benchmarks for reducing the amount of organic waste sent to California landfills by 50% by 2020 and 75% by 2025, using 2014 as a baseline. Panel says California should pause organic waste recycling mandate The law requires homeowners to place food scraps, yard clippings and othe...

Knott's Berry Farm to sell season passes for 'Scary Farm' Halloween event

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 13:43:12 GMT

Knott’s Berry Farm will begin selling season passes to its world-famous Knott’s Scary Farm Halloween event beginning on Tuesday, park officials announced on Twitter.Current season pass holders can purchase the “Scary Farm Season Pass Add-on” for $149, not including taxes and fees, beginning on Tuesday at 6 a.m.The pass will be available for the public on June 9 at 10 a.m. for $159, excluding taxes and fees. Knott’s Berry Farm releases park events for 2023 This Halloween season marks the 50th anniversary of Knott’s Scary Farm. The famed Halloween event will kick off on Sept. 21 and conclude on Oct. 31. The spooky event is only available on select nights.  Knott’s Scary Farm is the “longest-running and most haunting Halloween theme park event in Southern California,” according to the park's website. Knott’s Berry Farm reimplements chaperone policy that was enacted due to fights Knott's Berry Farm's chaperone policy will also be in effect for the after dark Halloween event. Un...

Newsom calls DeSantis a 'small, pathetic man' amid questions over migrant flight

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 13:43:12 GMT

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Monday escalated his war of words with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican presidential candidate, calling him a “small, pathetic man” and floating kidnapping charges over a flight of migrants sent to his state. The Democratic governor lobbed the barbs on Twitter after California’s attorney general said Florida's government appeared to be behind a flight of South American migrants who arrived unexpectedly in Sacramento last week.California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) said Monday the migrant flight is still under investigation, but the individuals who arrived in Sacramento by private plane “were in possession of documentation purporting to be from the government of the State of Florida.” “This isn't Martha's Vineyard. Kidnapping charges?” Newsom wrote in his tweet, linking to a section of California penal code and instructing “read the following.”The code section highlighted in a screenshot reads, “Every person who, being out of this st...

Longtime councilmember announces run for State Assembly

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 13:43:12 GMT

Longtime Antioch City Councilmember Monica Wilson announced on Monday that she will seek the state Assembly seat held by Tim Grayson, who is widely expected to run for state Sen. Steve Glazer’s seat.Grayson, who represents the 15th state Assembly District, has yet to announce his intentions for higher office, but Wilson said if he does vacate his current seat, she will seek it. Grayson could not be reached for comment Monday morning.A moderate Democrat from Concord and the city’s former mayor, Grayson was first elected to state office in 2016 and is currently chair of the banking and finance committee.Wilson, a four-term Antioch City Council member, became the first Black woman elected to the city’s council in 2012. While on the council, she has advocated for an end to human trafficking, pushed for police reform and sought to help those experiencing mental health crises, among other issues.“I am ready to take my results-oriented leadership to Sacramento – where I can do even more to...

Another Bay Area P.F. Chang’s set to close, this time in Walnut Creek

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 13:43:12 GMT

Fans of Chinese food – and Thai, and Japanese, and Korean, given all that’s on the pan-Asian menu – will soon have one less place to dine in Walnut Creek, as the P.F. Chang’s there is closing permanently this month.The chain-restaurant location’s last day will be June 23, an employee confirms over the phone. “There were a few things that led us to believe that we can’t have this location anymore,” the employee says. “We’re just really sad. Come see us before we close!”News of the shuttering was first broken by the Bay Area Telegraph.This is the second P.F. Chang’s to close in the Bay Area this year. The location in the Bay Street Emeryville shopping mall shut down in January; it’s going to be replaced by the Brazilian steakhouse chain Fogo de Chão. That leaves just three left in Pleasanton, Palo Alto and Sunnyvale.A spokesperson for the Arizona-based company, which has more than 300 locations worldwide, did not immedi...

Survivors of deadly train crash in India are ‘haunted by it’

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 13:43:12 GMT

By Krutika Pathi and Rishi Lekhi | Associated PressBALASORE, India — Gura Pallay was watching another train pass by the one he was sitting in when he heard sudden, loud screeching. Before he could make sense of what was happening, he was thrown out of the train.Pallay, 24, landed next to the tracks along with metal wreckage of the train he’d been riding in, and instantly lost consciousness. The first thing he saw when he opened his eyes was the twisted remains of train on the tracks.His train had derailed after colliding with a stopped freight train shortly after leaving Balasore, a coastal city about 200 kilometers (125 miles) north of the state capital. Another passenger train, the one he had seen pass by moments earlier, then hit the derailed carriages.“I saw it with my own eyes, but I still can’t describe what I saw. I am haunted by it,” he said Sunday at a hospital, where he lay on a stretcher with a broken leg and dark wounds on his face and arms.Pallay...

R.I.P. Dave FM: Here is the final song that the radio station played

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 13:43:12 GMT

Since 2021, Dave FM had been proudly peddling its brand of “Totally Random Radio” to Bay Area listeners at 105.3 FM on the dial.And it all came to an end on Monday when Live 105 made its much anticipated return to that spot on the dial after a six-year absence.Dave wasn’t so random in its last moments, leaning heavily toward classic rock during its final batch of songs. Although there was one surprise in the mix.Here are the final four songs in descending order:4. ‘Life in the Fast Lane’Not sure if programmers were thinking that live-fast-die-young theme served as a good summary for this short-lived radio station. Or perhaps the were just Eagles fans. (Probably the latter.)Related ArticlesMusic | Live 105 is back and this is the first song that the radio station played Music | Cindy Blackman Santana visits SFJAZZ Center, Blue Note Napa Music | Live 105 returns to the airwaves on Monday, while Dave FM goes bye-b...

The Glen in Granite Bay by Blue Mountain receives rave reviews

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 13:43:12 GMT

Blue Mountain Communities’ newest neighborhood, The Glen in Granite Bay, recently opened to rave reviews. Tucked into this charming suburb, northeast of Sacramento near Folsom Lake, The Glen offers a lifestyle balanced with city conveniences, outdoor recreation and a nationally top-rated school district.Blue Mountain Communities adds enhanced features to the new single- and two-story homes at The Glen in Granite Bay. This addition to their spectacular lineup of premium locations is now selling from the $800,000s. “We were excited to unveil our new model and Enhanced Features Specifications at The Glen,” comments Joe Klusnick, director of marketing, Blue Mountain Communities. “Home shoppers remark at the impressive level of detail and value each home will include.”With features such as 20 mil vapor barrier beneath the foundation, two-by-six walls and full sheer wrap of exterior walls, as opposed to many builders’ standard of only wrapping sections, these homes are more structura...

Newsom calls DeSantis 'small, pathetic man,' implies kidnapping charges over migrant stunt

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 13:43:12 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- California Gov. Gavin Newsom seemed to imply that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis could be potentially charged with kidnapping in connection to apparently sending a group of migrants to Sacramento on Friday. "This isn't Martha's Vineyard. Kidnapping charges?" wrote Newsom in a tweet in which he called DeSantis a "small and pathetic man."The California governor included a screenshot of a section of California penal code, stating that: "Every person who, being out of this state, abducts or takes by force or fraud any person contrary to the law of the place where that act is committed, and brings, sends, or conveys that person within the limits of this state, and is afterwards found within the limits thereof, is guilty of kidnapping." Suspect wanted in Oakland shooting of 4-year-old turns himself in Newsom also included a link to section of the California penal code on kidnapping. Newsom and DeSantis have sparred on social media previously. In September of 2022, New...